Which to use
“agresser” is a verb and “agresseurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,504
- “agresser” frequency rank
- #14,191
- “agresseurs” frequency rank
- 27695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agresser | agresseurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entamer par la force, par la contrainte, par la surprise ou par la ruse l’intégrité physique, psychologique ou sexuelle d’une personne. | Masculin pluriel de agresseur. |
Where the eye mixes agresser and agresseurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. agresser runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against agresseurs's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: agresser vs agresseurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agresser is \a.ɡʁe.se\ while agresseurs is \a.ɡʁe.sœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agresser is recorded at frequency rank #13,504, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.se\. agresseurs is at rank #14,191, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ɡʁe.sœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27695, this pair ranks #327,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agresser vs agresseurs
Shared letters: aegrs. Private to "agresser": -. Private to "agresseurs": u.
"agresser" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "agresseurs" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- agresser ← agersser · aggresser · agreser · agresesr · agresserr · agressre · agrresser · agrseser
- agresseurs ← agersseurs · aggresseurs · agresesurs · agreseurs · agresserus · agresseurrs · agresseurss · agresseusr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agresser" for "agresseurs" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "agresser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agresseurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agresser" and "agresseurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agresseurs vs assesseurs". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #327,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.